Design a bath bomb


Learning Objective:

  • we are learning to:
  • calculate volumes and surface areas
  • calculate profit
  • design nets and use drawings to represent 3D solids
  • solve problems
  • PLTs: work effectively as a member of a team
  • PLTs: creative thinker

Investing:

  • This is useful because...
  • A functional (real-life) application is...
  • This skill leads to...
  • A 'free gift' with this skill is that we can now also...
  • This could help you if you want to work in...

Preparing:

  • Are we ready? Can you already... ?
  • Let's be sure you can...
  • Before you start you need to know:
  • You will have a deeper understanding if you also know:

Introduction to the task:


Discussing:

  • What would this one be? Tell your learning partner. Convince them you're right.
  • Explain how you know.
  • How would you explain this to someone who was new to it?

Explaining:

  • One way to do this is...
  • Another approach might be...
  • A useful shortcut is to...
  • This works because...
  • It doesn't work when...
  • An exception is...
  • Watch out for...
  • A common mistake is...
  • You can check your result by...
  • We can prove this works by...

Practicing:

  • Some straightforward examples.
  • Some harder examples.
  • Some mixed examples.
  • Some non-examples to spot and some mixed questions with redundant, insufficient or contradictory data.
  • You can demonstrate fluency by at least...

Sharing:

  • A web page or wiki I have created to explain this can be found at...
  • A presentation I have created and rehearsed looks like...
  • A poster I have drawn or model I have made can be found...

Assessing:

  • Check you've mastered this skill by...
  • Show you understand by explaining...
  • Prove you're an expert in... by...

Developing:

  • Next we could learn...
  • This leads to...
  • Now try...

last edited: Sep 16, 2011 2:43 am